Wendell B Perkins

T/5 Wendell Perkins was killed in action on 17 June 1944, serving with Sv Co, 18th Infantry Regiment. On 17 June 1944, the 18th Infantry Regiment as a whole was holding and strengthening its defensive line in the Caumont sector, with the regimental command post positioned near Sallen. Battalions were spread across the surrounding villages—2nd Battalion covering the highways west of Caumont, 1st Battalion near La Vacquerie, Le Haye, and Le Bisson, and 3rd Battalion held in reserve near Beziers—while regimental troops supported this broader effort from the command post area. During this period the regiment kept pressure on the enemy through patrolling, took prisoners, and turned back several probing attacks without losing ground. Specific activity of the regimental troops themselves on this exact date was not separately recorded, but they operated within this general framework of defense and vigilance in place through the end of June. T/5 Perkins was killed in action that day; the report does not specify the individual circumstances.